Castro: NGCP should be held to account for Panay power outages
But MORE also not off the hook
HOUSE Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro on Thursday said that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should be held accountable for the island wide black out in Panay as well as some parts of Negros since January 2.
“Ano ba naman yan kapapasok pa lang ng taon palpak agad!! Milyon-milyong mamamayan ng Panay ngayon ang nagdurusa sa init at kawalan ng kuryente dahil hindi na naman ito napaghandaan ng mga power players. Suspendido ang mga klase at bagsak ang negosyo ng marami,” said the teacher solon.
Residents in Western Visayas still have limited electricity supply on Wednesday as most power plants on Panay Island have not been fully restored yet after multiple trippings on January 2.
“As it is though it is not just the power generators’ and NGCP’s fault, the distribution utility (DU) namely MORE Electric and Power Corporation of the Razon group of companies is also responsible for this,” she added.
“Since MORE Power’s takeover of the distribution utility in the island what has it done to improve its distribution infrastructure backbone and does it have seamless coordination with the system grid operator and the generators?” asked the Deputy Minority leader.
“Does it even have a system to help protect the grid from collapsing like a load dropping mechanism?,” she asked
“Nangyari na ito noong isang taon tapos naulit na naman ngayon. Sana ay agad na itong maayos kundi ay dapat na talagang imbestigahan ito,” Castro said.
